Killed people and robbed ships.

When the Japanese heard the news, they were surprised. Instead of feeling that it was detrimental to their national dignity, they felt that the treaty was signed to the right person.

The envoys of the Celestial Dynasty kill people just to maintain the authority of the general! They kill people in a reasonable manner. Such people are the ones who achieve great things.

Japanese people deeply respect power. The more powerful they are, the more they admire them. This is true.

After killing people, selling goods to the Japanese, and buying a large amount of copper bars, Fang Yizhi set out on his way home.

Unlike when he arrived, his fleet had a few more ships, all of which were robbed of the Zheng family.

The mighty fleet left Nagasaki. About twenty days later, the fleet finally arrived at Dalian Port.

As soon as the ship entered the port, the crew members disembarked one after another, and the customs officers boarded the ship to count the goods and calculate customs duties. Even if these ships were official ships, they were still subject to tax. This was Dalian's rule. Even this customs was borrowed from later customs by Zhu Guoqiang.

Many rules and regulations have been established. Of course, now, this "modernized" customs is just an attempt. After all, Ming Dynasty will definitely support free trade in the future.

As the investor of this trip, Taiping Trading Company calculated the profits of this trip, and only ordinary crew members went to the city to have fun.

When I was reading the "Edo Trade Treaty", although I felt a little disappointed that I could not open a port in Edo, it was not easy to sign such an "unequal treaty".

In fact, there is no difficulty. After all, people in this era do not have as deep an understanding of "national rights" as later generations. Just like the Japanese, they actually voluntarily refused to impose tariffs. This is simply asking for death.

Looking up at Fang Yizhi, Zhu Guoqiang put down the treaty and asked:

"Killed members of the Zheng family?"

"Yes."

Fang Yizhi replied.

"Zheng Zhilong is not a person who is willing to suffer losses."

Zhu Guoqiang couldn't help but smile.

"However, it's nothing. It's just the Zheng family. He knows the current affairs!"

Maybe others don't know Zheng Zhilong, but how could Zhu Guoqiang not know about this guy who surrendered to the Manchus and was later beheaded? He had a good son!

Zheng Chenggong, he is Qian Qianyi’s student.

Should Qian Qian Yiyi write a letter to Zheng Chenggong and ask him to come to Liaodong to serve him?

As for Zheng Chenggong, as long as Chinese people still have conscience, they will admire him, not only because he regained Taiwan, but because of his loyalty to the Ming Dynasty. Of course, I am afraid it will be more regretful. If his Northern Expedition was successful,

If so, will Chinese civilization still fall into darkness for nearly three hundred years?

…

However, there is no longer any concern in this regard. It will only take five years at most to completely solve the problem of slave creation, and the rest will be rogue bandits...

Rogue bandits!

Let’s leave it to the court for the time being!

Bringing his thoughts back to reality, Zhu Guoqiang asked:

"Have you found out what the current situation is in Japan?"

Fang Yizhi not only went to Japan to negotiate, but while negotiating, he also inquired about various situations through contacts with the shogun and daimyo.

When the prince asked, Fang Yizhi immediately said:

"The current situation in Japan seems to be extremely stable. After all, the Tokugawa Shogunate has been in power for thirty-seven years. But overall, although it seems stable, in fact, the domestic daimyo seem to obey the Tokugawa Shogunate, but in fact

But it is not a concern, especially after the successive issuance of the lockdown order, the shogunate used the Nagasaki Office to monopolize overseas trade and made huge profits from overseas trade. However, because trade was monopolized by the shogunate, the daimyo in various places were increasingly depressed economically. If things go on like this, they will definitely be unable to do so.

To shake the prestige of the shogunate, in my opinion, unless there is external help, the rule of the shogunate will only become more stable, and Tokugawa Iemitsu has formulated various strategies aimed at weakening the daimyo of each domain..."

Zhu Guoqiang had no doubts about this. Anyone who knew a little bit about the Tokugawa shogunate knew that attending the meeting not only limited the daimyo's financial resources, wasted his time, but also got the daimyo's wife as a hostage.

Together, they greatly suppressed the rebelliousness of the daimyo and forced the daimyo to be loyal to the shogunate. This is also an important reason why the Tokugawa shogunate was able to maintain a stable rule for more than two hundred years.

But does such a "peaceful and stable" Japan serve the interests of Ming Dynasty?

The answer is of course no.

It seems that we still need to find a way to let Japan enter the Warring States Period again. Only a Japan caught in war is in the interests of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, from the second generation shogun to the third generation shogun Iemitsu, in order to stabilize the rule of the shogunate, they have always implemented the policy of suppressing the power of the daimyo. If the daimyo shows a tendency to oppose the Tokugawa shogunate, or has a negative attitude towards the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate,

If they express dissatisfaction, the shogunate will not hesitate to severely punish these daimyo. If there are no heirs, they will also be punished. The method of punishment is simple and crude, that is, confiscation of knowledge and behavior, and changing the territory. Especially for those who have no successors,

Or if the successor is unstable, the shogunate will be eager to decide that it has not performed its obligations well. As far as I know, daimyo are being punished every year, but most of these daimyo dare not speak out. After all, the Tokugawa family has the most powerful

force……"

"Just be angry!"

Zhu Guoqiang said calmly.

I'm really afraid that they won't be angry. As long as they are angry, there will be room for maneuver.

He looked carefully at the simple map of Japan brought back by Fang Yizhi, and looked at the fiefdoms of foreign daimyo marked on it, and said with a smile:

"Now that the shogunate has monopolized trade, they are unwilling to open new trading ports. In the final analysis, they want to monopolize the profits from overseas trade. The profits of several million taels a year are enough to make the Tokugawa family the most powerful force in Japan.

As one goes and the other goes up, those foreign daimyo who do not deal with the Tokugawa family will become weaker and weaker. We must find a way to raise these small sects so that they dare to be angry now and dare to fight in the future, and a complete chaos will arise.

Only a good Japan can make it easier for us to do business in the long term."

Fang Yizhi said:

"I'm afraid it's not that easy. After all, the Tokugawa family is the largest in Japan and also has the strongest military force. So everyone knows that if you don't follow the orders of the Tokugawa Shogun, you will be attacked by force from the shogunate. More importantly,

Yes, at that time, Japan had about 30 million koku of territory. The total of the shogunate territory plus the flag territory plus the feudal lord's territory reached about 10 million koku. Even a daimyo like the Maeda family only had a territory of 1 million koku.

Therefore, even if half of the foreign daimyo rebel against the shogunate at the same time, the Tokugawa shogunate can easily handle it."

"That's it,"

Continuing to look at the map, Zhu Guoqiang said.

"In this case, in addition to making the daimyos powerful and wealthy and helping them through smuggling, can we recruit low-level samurai from Japan? In recent years, haven't the Tokugawa family changed their disposition and confiscated their territory at every turn? Definitely.

There will be many lower-level samurai unemployed, and we can hire those ronin as mercenaries."

In fact, it can be said that hiring Japanese mercenaries was very common in the late Ming Dynasty. During the Battle of Sarhu, some generals in the Ming army had Japanese servants, and the more famous one was the Zheng family, whether it was Zheng Zhilong or Zheng Chenggong.

There are no less than 10,000 Japanese soldiers under his command.

If they can use it, of course they can use it themselves. They can definitely set up a foreign corps, and let those people fight the most painful and tiring battles, or let them be cannon fodder. If there are cheap cannon fodder, shouldn't they be worthy of themselves?

"Your Majesty, the shogunate prohibits the Japanese from going to sea no more now than in the past."

Fang Yizhi said:

"I'm afraid this is a bit difficult to operate."

Zhu Guoqiang smiled and said:

"In fact, it is not difficult. There are so many ronin running around in the country, and they are all unemployed because of the punishment of the Tokugawa family. They must be dissatisfied with the shogunate. They have changed so many names. There are at least hundreds of thousands of samurai in Japan.

Being reduced to ronin, these ronin are the unstable factors of the shogunate. If you have the opportunity to throw these unstable factors out, Tokugawa Iemitsu will definitely not mind?"

Zhu Guoqiang didn't just say it casually. He brought this super cheating device from another world with him, and he already had a deep understanding of the situation in Japan.

There are hundreds of thousands of ronin in Japan now. A few years ago, the shogunate banned ronin from serving as officials through the "Samurai Laws", and then implemented a ronin registration system nationwide to strengthen the management of ronin. Ronin were even banned from temples and samurai houses.

Boarding house.

As a result, among the ronin who live in embarrassment, endure the high pressure from the shogunate, and still hope to revive the martial arts, there will naturally be an aura of impatience. Although Japan is now stable, in fact, these hundreds of thousands of ronin

It is the biggest stabilizing factor in Japan. What does this mean to the shogunate because the ronin who lost his knowledge or salary because of the abolition of daimyo by the shogunate?

That guy Tokugawa Iemitsu must know better than me, otherwise he wouldn't treat them with a high-pressure policy.

As long as there is a suitable opportunity, Tokugawa Iemitsu will definitely not mind letting these ronin leave Japan. If they leave Japan, at least they will not pose a threat to the rule of the shogunate.

Use one hundred thousand ronin to form a legion, use this legion to colonize Southeast Asia, suppress the natives, and promote overseas expansion. It is not important how many of them survive. What is important is that when necessary, this "Japanese legion"

It is a new force that destroys the shogunate.

"The prince means to negotiate with the Tokugawa family and ask some ronin to come over?"

Zhu Guoqiang smiled and said:

"We are fighting against Jiannu. The more Han soldiers the better. Even if the Japanese are advantageous, what's the harm in using them?"

If you want Japan to fall back into civil war, you must continue to create opportunities. For now, if Tokugawa is willing to be Ming Dynasty's good son, let him be. When the time is right, with Ming Dynasty's support, those outsiders will definitely rebel.

Japan immediately fell into civil strife again.
Chapter completed!